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The Standard Oil Company was founded on January 10, 1870 in Ohio. It was founded by John D. Rockefeller.
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It was a era of rapid economic growth, especially in the North and West. American wages were much higher than in Europe which attracted millions of immigrants.
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It was initiated as a response to political and coporate abuses at the turn of the Twentieth Century.
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When it was first founded it was the largest business enterprise ever launched, with an authorized capitalization of 1.4 billion. U.S. Steeel responded tp changing economic conditions and nw market opportunities.
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Taft used America's growing economic power as a diplomatic tool. He urged Wall Street investors to invest money in foreighn markets in order to increase American influence abroad.
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A Law intended to promote free competition in the market place by outlawing monopolies.
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One of the peace treaties at the end of World War 1. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers.
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It's a intergovernmental organization founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended World War 1.
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An American pastor, activist, humanitarian, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement.
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He was the 31st President of the United States. He was a professional mining engineer. He was also President during The reat Depression
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It was an economic recession that began following the crash of the U.S. Stock Market. It lasted nearly a decade and caused massive levels of poverty, hunger, unemployment and political unrest.
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An area in Oklahoma, Kansas, and northern Texas that was affected be severe soil erosion (caused bey windstorms) in the early 1930s, which forced many people to move.
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A Harbor near Honolulu that was attacked by Japan.
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A military struggle fought in Vietnam. It was a determined attempt by communist guerrillas in the South, backed by Communist North Vietnam, to overthrow the government of South Vietnam.
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Sparked by Rosa Parks, it was at 13-month protest that ended with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that segregation on public buses is unconstitutional.
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It was a movement for human rights. It involved Hispanic Americans.
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He was the 35th President of the Unites States. He was assasinated in November of 1963.
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A confrentation between the United States and the Soviet Union over the pressence of missile sites in Cuba. It was one of the "hottest" perods of the cold war.
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American actor and politician. He was the 40th President and was President during the Cold War.
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The Columbine High School massacre was a school shooting which occurred on April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School in Columbine.
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The day in 2001 when Arab suicide bombers hijacked United States airliners and used them as bombs. They crashed into the Twin Towers (World Trade Center).
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He is the 44th and current President. He is the first African American to hold office
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He was the 34th President. He was President during the Vietnam War.
